Hibiscus brackenridgei molokaianus (Rock ex Caum) F.D.Wilson (1993:278)
Ma'o hau hele
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hibiscus brackenridgei var. molokaianus Rock ex Caum in Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 9(5): 4 (1920)
Conservation Status
Missing (Wood et al., 2019:9) or Extinct (Wagner et al., 1999:40; Keir, 2018; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1920 (Keir, 2018; Wood et al., 2019:9); late 1920's (wild) and pre-1961 (cultivation) (NatureServe, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Molokai & Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Handy, E. S. C., Handy, E. G. and Pukui, M. K. (1991). Native Planters in Old Hawaii: their life, lore, and environment. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.
Keir, M. (2018). Hibiscus brackenridgei subsp. molokaiana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T80091009A80091047. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T80091009A80091047.en. Downloaded on 29 February 2020.
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Wagner, Warren L., Herbst, D. R. and Sohmer, S. H. (1990). Manual of the flowering plants of Hawaii. Univ. Hawaii Press and Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 1853 pp.
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.
Wilson, F. D. (1993). Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae) in islands of the Pacific Basin. Brittonia 45: 275-285.
Wood, Kenneth R., Oppenheimer, Hank and Keir, Matthew. (2019). A checklist of endemic Hawaiian vascular plant taxa that are considered possibly extinct in the wild. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Technical Report #314.